Brodbeck, Liselotte (1974) Roman als Ware: Zur Analyse der Liebesromanhefte Basel: Edition Etcetera Topic Germany
Zimmermann, Hans Dieter (1979) Schema-Literatur: ästhetische Norm und literarisches System Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer Topic genre definitions trash/literary and or intellectual quality dime novels Germany
Thiel, Christian (1991) Liebe, Sex, Karriere: die Modernisierung des trivialen Liebesromans Hamburg: Argument Topic Germany
Darbyshire, Peter (2000) Romancing the World: Harlequin Romances, the Capitalist Dream, and the Conquest of Europe and Asia Studies in Popular Culture 23.1:1-10 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon capitalism/business Publishing Poland Germany United States of America socialism and/or communism wealth/prosperity work Japan France
Hess, Jonathan M. (2010) Middlebrow Literature and the Making of German-Jewish Identity Stanford, California: Stanford University Press Topic Judaism Germany Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) romances in magazines and newspapers Ludwig Philippson Salomon Formstecher religion/spirituality Rahel Meyer family Marcus Lehmann George Eliot
Tatlock, Lynne (2012) German Writing, American Reading: Women and the Import of Fiction, 1866-1917 Columbus: Ohio State University Press Topic Germany United States of America translation gender work marriage fairytales/folktales family Publishing E. Marlitt/Eugenie John Wilhelmine Heimburg/Bertha Behrens Fanny Lewald Wilhelmine von Hillern Claire von Glümer Ursula Zöge von Manteuffel E. Werner/Elisabeth Bürstenbinder religion/spirituality Nataly von Eschstruth metafiction social/economic class Charlotte Brontë E. Juncker Moritz von Reichenbach/Valeska von Reiswitz, Gräfin von Bethusy-Huc Golo Raimund/Bertha [Heyn] Frederich history national identity war/armed forces race/ethnicity Louisa May Alcott
Pöppel, Hubert (2014) Las reinas de la novela rosa en España y Alemania: Corín Tellado y Hedwig Courths-Mahler Lingüística y Literatura 66:153-170 Topic Germany Spain Corín Tellado Hedwig Courths-Mahler trash/literary and or intellectual quality
Kraxenberger, Maria Knoop, Christine A. Menninghaus, Winfried (2021) Who reads contemporary erotic novels and why? Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 8: DOI: 10.1057/s41599-021-00764-3 Topic readers Fifty Shades Sylvia Day erotic romance sex/sexuality Germany
Kraxenberger, Maria Knoop, Christine A. Menninghaus, Winfried (2021) Who reads contemporary erotic novels and why? Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 8: DOI: 10.1057/s41599-021-00764-3 Topic readers Fifty Shades Sylvia Day erotic romance sex/sexuality Germany
Kraxenberger, Maria Knoop, Christine A. Menninghaus, Winfried (2021) Who reads contemporary erotic novels and why? Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 8: DOI: 10.1057/s41599-021-00764-3 Topic readers Fifty Shades Sylvia Day erotic romance sex/sexuality Germany
Hutter, Verena (2023) " Fire, Savannah, and Passion: The New Africa Novel and the Construction of White Femininity " Gender and German Colonialism: Intimacies, Accountabilities, Intersections DOI:10.4324/9781003378990-12 Topic Africa Germany history historical romance race/ethnicity Patricia Mennen Leah Bach gender